Big Data and High-Performance Computing for Financial Economics

Toni Whited and Mao Ye, Organizers

July 15, 2023

Parkview Room

Format: 20 minutes for presenter, 15 minutes for discussants, and 10 minutes for questions and answers

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, July 14
6:30 pm
Group Dinner - Royal Sonesta (Skyline ABC)
Saturday, July 15
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Big Data in Asset Pricing
8:30 am
Joachim Freyberger, University of Bonn
Andreas Neuhierl, Washington University in St Louis
Björn Höppner, University of Bonn
Michael Weber, Purdue University and NBER

Missing Data in Asset Pricing Panels
Discussant: Svetlana Bryzgalova, London Business School
9:15 am
Preetesh Kantak, Indiana University
Fahiz Baba-Yara, Indiana University
Carter K. Davis, The Ohio State University
Fotis Grigoris, University of Iowa

Are Uncertain Firms Riskier? (slides)
Discussant: Stephen J. Terry, University of Michigan and NBER
10:00 am
Break
Big Data in Corporate Finance
10:30 am
Mark Jansen, University of Utah
Fabian Nagel, Stanford University
Constantine Yannelis, University of Cambridge
Anthony Lee Zhang, University of Chicago

Data and Welfare in Credit Markets
Discussant: Laura Veldkamp, Columbia University and NBER
11:15 am
Laura Blattner, Stanford University
Scott T. Nelson, University of Chicago
Jann Spiess, Stanford University

Unpacking the Black Box: Regulating Algorithmic Decisions
Discussant: Sendhil Mullainathan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
Big Data in Behavioral Finance
1:00 pm
Azi Ben-Rephael, Rutgers University
Joshua Ronen, New York University
Tavy Ronen, Rutgers University
Mi Zhou, Virginia Commonwealth University

Do Images Provide Relevant Information to Investors? An Exploratory Study
Discussant: Siew Hong Teoh, University of California, Los Angeles
1:45 pm
Qianqian Li, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Edward M. Watts, Yale University
Christina Zhu, University of Pennsylvania

Retail Investors and ESG News
Discussant: Brad Barber, University of California, Davis
2:30 pm
Break
Big Data in Market Microstructure
3:00 pm
Anne Haubo Dyhrberg, University of Delaware
Andriy Shkilko, University of Georgia
Ingrid M. Werner, The Ohio State University

The Retail Execution Quality Landscape
Discussant: S. P. Kothari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:45 pm
Jonathan Brogaard, University of Utah
Dan Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-SZ)
Jeffrey Yang, University of Utah

Does High Frequency Market Manipulation Harm Market Quality?
Discussant: Lawrence Glosten, Columbia University
4:30 pm
Adjourn